LMS Midlands Regional Meeting
University of Leicester, Monday June 4, 2018
This is an LMS Society Meeting. The lectures are aimed at a general mathematical audience. All interested, whether LMS members or not, are most welcome to attend this event. The complete programme of the LMS meeting and workshop can be found here. The proceedings are planned to be published in the series Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics. Participants can get a 20% reduction on Springer books. More information here.
Programme
All talks will take place in Ken Edwards Lecture Theatre 3
13:30-14:00 LMS Society Meeting
14:00-15:00 Minhyong Kim (University of Oxford, UK): Diophantine geometry and principal bundles
15:00-15:30 Coffee Break (outside Ken Edwards Lecture Theatre 3)
15:30-16:30 Leila Schneps (Institut de Mathématiques de Jussieu Paris, France): Pro-unipotent Grothendieck-Teichmüller theory: surprising connections with number theory
16:35-17:35 Fabrizio Catanese (University of Bayreuth, Germany): Mathematical Mysteries behind the Interplay of Algebra and Topology in Moduli Theory
17:45-18:30 Wine Reception (outside Ken Edwards Lecture Theatre 2, Ken Edwards Building)
19:15 LMS Society Dinner at Kayal Restaurant
Here is a map with directions to Kayal Restaurant.
Please inform the organisers via email if you are interested in attending the dinner and advise of any dietary requirements. The price for the dinner will be £25 per person (excluding drinks).